LIVE DOWN

Meaning of LIVE DOWN in English

transitive verb

: to live so as to refute, overcome, or cause to be forgotten (as a mistake, misconduct, slander)

managed to live his youthful follies down

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

LIVE DOWN — transitive verb Date: 1842 to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIVE DOWN — Date: 1842 : to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of made a mistake and couldn't …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIVE DOWN — Function: transitive verb Date: 1842 : to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of <made a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LIVE DOWN — [live down] vt (1842): to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of "made a mistake and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIVE DOWN — If you are unable to live down a mistake, failure, or bad reputation, you are unable to make people forget …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIVE DOWN — If you are unable to ~ a mistake, failure, or bad reputation, you are unable to make people forget about …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LIVE DOWN — Synonyms and related words : atone, atone for, compensate, expiate, give satisfaction, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE DOWN — {v.} To remove (blame, distrust or unfriendly laughter) by good conduct; cause (a mistake or fault) to be forgiven or …
Slang English vocab
LIVE DOWN — phr verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
LIVE DOWN — phr verb Live down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ reputation
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIVE DOWN — {v.} To remove (blame, distrust or unfriendly laughter) by good conduct; cause (a mistake or fault) to be forgiven or …
Словарь английских идиом
LIVE DOWN — remove blame or distrust by good conduct, cause to be forgiven by not repeating something He is trying to live …
English Idioms vocab
LIVE DOWN — v. To remove (blame, distrust or unfriendly laughter) by good conduct; cause (a mistake or fault) to be forgiven or …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIVE DOWN — phr v своим поведением заставить забыть прошлую вину, прошлые прегрешения и т. п. to live down one's record reputation - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIVE DOWN — phr v своим поведением заставить забыть прошлую вину, прошлые прегрешения и т. п. to ~ one's record [reputation] - загладить …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LIVE DOWN — phr v своим поведением заставить забыть прошлую вину, прошлые прегрешения и т. п. to live down one's record reputation - …
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LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить ( своим поведением, образом жизни ) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly mistake …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни); You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни); You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIVE DOWN — заглаживать [-ладить]
Англо-Русский словарь
LIVE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIVE — live 1 /liv/ , v. , lived /livd/ , living . v.i. 1. to have life, as an organism; be …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIVE — I. ˈliv verb ( lived ; liv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English libban; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIVE — adj vivid; bright. 2. live ·noun life. 3. live ·adj having life; alive; living; not dead. 4. live ·adj imparting …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
LIVE — [live] vb lived ; liv.ing [ME, fr. OE libban; akin to OHG leben to live] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIVE — I live BrE AmE v lɪv ▷ lived lɪvd ▷ lives lɪvz ▷ living ˈlɪv ɪŋ II live adjective, adverb …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIVE — I . / lɪv; NAmE / verb —see also live (II) IN A PLACE 1. [ v + adv. / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIVE — I. live 1 S1 W1 /lɪv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: verb : ↑ live , ↑ outlive , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIVE — v. 1 intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed (lives …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIVE — adj. 1 (attrib.) that is alive; living. 2 (of a broadcast) heard or seen at the time of its performance, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIVE — v. 1 intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed (lives …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIVE — 1. v. 1. intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
LIVE — I. VERB USES /lɪv/ ( lives, living, lived) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LIVE — I. verb 1 in a place ADVERB ▪ alone ▪ together ▪ She disapproves of unmarried couples living together. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIVE — See ↑ ALIVE 2, ↑ LIVE 1, ↑ SURVIVE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be fit to live in • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — INDEX: 1. to live in a place 2. to start to live in a place 3. when you live in …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective live bait : LIVING, alive, having life, breathing, animate, sentient. a live performance : IN THE FLESH, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE — adj. 25B6; verb the greatest mathematician who ever lived : EXIST, be alive, be, have life; breathe, draw breath, walk …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE — adj. 1 living, breathing, animate, viable, existent; material, physical, tangible, real, actual, palpable She said she'd rather be a live …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LIVE — [common] Opposite of `test'. Refers to actual real-world data or a program working with it. For example, the response to …
Jargon File English vocabulary
LIVE — I гл. 1) жить, существовать, быть живым Was he still living when the doctor arrived? ≈ Он был еще жив, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
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Webster's New International English Dictionary

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